A high protein diet for obese menopausal women may help in weight loss, but it could also lower bone density, says a new research.
Wayne W. Campbell and doctoral student Minghua Tang found in their study that all of the women who ate the energy-reduced diets successfully lost weight.
But the groups that consumed the higher-protein meat-containing diets also lost bone mineral density. "However.
Eating a lot of foods and drinks sweetened with fructose significantly raises a person’s risk of having high blood pressure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
The study is the latest to link a sugar-laden diet with higher blood pressure, but it also clearly fingers fructose as a major contributor.
“The data is very consistent with what has been in other papers,” said Michael Chonchol of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.
Men who consume a Mediterranean-style diet can enhance their heart function and reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to a new Indiana University study.
In an effort to eliminate the genetic risk factors commonly linked to heart disease, the research team utilized dietary questionnaires and cardiac data from 276 identical or fraternal twins. The patients were graded on how strictly they followed the diet,.
And each underwent an assessment of their heart rate variability (HRV), which is the variation in the time interval between heart beats. People with a reduced HRV are known to have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and sudden death, according to the researchers.
Lead author Jun Dai and his colleagues found that men who closely followed the Mediterranean-style diet had a more variable heart rate, compared with those that did not follow the diet, resulting in a 9 percent to 14 percent decreased risk of cardiovascular-related death.
It is worthy to note, though not believed by all that your level of personal hygiene affects how regularly you fall ill. This knowledge notwithstanding,. Some people still care less about their personal hygiene. The use of preventive medication perfumes and putting on of good clothing can never equate personal hygiene.
Good and personal hygiene does not require money neither does it depend in your financial muscle. Rather, it is usually cultivated as an individual grows into adulthood. Cultivating this habit is never too late to start. Popular phrases like "health is wealth" or "cleanliness is next to godliness" are acronyms that support this print.
Eating a nutritious diet comprising more of vegetables and whole grains can reduce the risks of developing of breast cancer in women. A balanced diet and limited or no alcohol consumption can bring down the rising incidence of breast cancer among women, pushing cervical cancer to the second spot.
One in 22 women, it is reported, is likely to suffer from breast cancer during her lifetime in India compared to one in eight women in the United States of America. Risks as well as effects of cancer can be lowered down with and the quality of life too may be improved with proper nutrition.
A study conducted by Nourissat and team explained the connection between nutritional status and the quality of life of a person suffering from cancer. The researchers found a notable reduction in the mean global quality of the score in patients who had lost more than 10 percent of body weight since the onset of cancer compared to people with cancers without sever weight loss. People with cancer, who have not lost significant weight, are found to be able to tolerate the side effects of cancer therapies and treatments including nausea, constipation, diarrhea and fatigue. Adequate nutrition can help in increasing the power to adjust and tolerate the cancer treatment effects.
The unhealthy food and drinks including pizzas and soda loses the popularity, with their increasing costs, says the researchPublic health professionals had suggested to increase the taxes of the food high in the calories, saturated fats or added sugar.
They wanted to compensate for food environments by subsidizing the healthier food. The healthy food like fresh fruits and vegetable can be promoted if their price is comparatively lower.
According to Stephen Perrine, author of "New American Diet," there are all sorts of chemicals in foods, pesticides, growth hormones, antibiotics, and plastic pollutants, to name a few. He says they are not only bad for the environment, but can also harm human bodies. The chemicals that disrupt the function of our hormonal system are called obesogens, reports CBS News. Obesogens can cause heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol.
These chemicals can be found in many of the most popular foods we eat and enter our body through a variety of sources: natural compounds found in soy products, artificial hormones fed to the animals we consume, plastic pollutants in some food packaging, chemicals added to processed foods, and pesticides sprayed on our produce.
Nutritionist Mathew Soloman recommends dried fruit as easy to take along and a perfect snack for mid morning or mid afternoon. “Healthy dried fruit and yogurt makes a healthy and tasty side dish or dessert,” he said, adding that an important benefit is the nutritional value found in dried fruit.
The soft types of dried fruits offer a high-carbohydrate, low-fat snack. Each type of fruit has its individual health benefit, for example dried banana chips are high in potassium. In general, dried fruits supply some important nutritional needs such as antioxidants iron, folic acid, fibre and assorted vitamins.
Eating fruit reduces the risk of diabetes, heart attack, cancer and strokes. Further, the only vitamin not offered in dried fruit as much as fresh fruit is vitamin C, because it does not hold up through the drying process well. Dried fruits are convenient to take on the run. Sports enthusiasts love them for a quick snack due to the ease of use and the high carbohydrate content which provides energy.
Welcome to the first in a series of articles on Personal Hygiene for Men (in particular for the bigger guys).� This post will concentrate on showering – yes, the very basics but it’s incredible how many guys DON’T shower regularly.� Trust me, it’s easy to spot AND smell (and no, I don’t go around smelling guys – when you have to work closely with a group of people, it’s easy to tell who showers and who does not…).
Guys – if you’re king sized you MUST shower daily.� There can be no ifs ands or buts.� Bigger guys sweat more because of all that insulation surrounding us – but that’s no reason that you cannot smell nice!
Ideally shower first thing in the morning – so you feel clean and fresh.� You should also be showering before going to bed, to get rid of all the dust and sweat that your body has accumulated througout the course of the day — whether you work in an office, or outdoors you need to take a shower 1-2 times per day.
Eating junk food can make you depressed, doctors have warned. Those who regularly eat high-fat foods, processed meals, desserts and sweets are almost 60 per cent more likely to suffer depression than those who choose fruit, vegetables and fish.
Researchers claim their study is the first to investigate the link between overall diet and mental health, rather than the effects of individual foods.
Dr Eric Brunner, one of the researchers from University College London, said: 'There seem to be various aspects of lifestyle such as taking exercise which also matter, but it appears that diet is playing an independent role.' The study, in the British Journal of Psychiatry, used data on 3,486 male and female civil servants aged around 55.
Each participant completed a questionnaire about their eating habits and a self-report assessment for depression five years later.
The researchers found that those with the highest consumption of processed food were 58 per cent more likely to be depressed five years later than those eating the least amount.
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